Radio Africa Group

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The
jumpy, cell phone clips of journalists and security officers crouching outside
the upscale Westgate Shopping Mall in the capital, Nairobi, permeated the TV
screens across Kenya for four days. Edgy
local and foreign reporters hid behind vehicles as gunfire shots, repeated
explosions and smoke emanated from a supermarket inside.

Election-related violence is a worry for
journalists in many countries, but perhaps nowhere more so than Kenya, where presidential
polls will be held March 4. In the aftermath of the nation's last presidential
elections in 2007, over one thousand people were killed in ethnic and political
violence, live news broadcasts were banned, and the press faced a torrent of
threats, leading to widespread self-censorship. Already, in recent weeks, some journalists
have been harassed and their equipment confiscated, while media houses have
been threatened in relation to coverage.